Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP)

The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) promotes useful part-time training opportunities in community service activities for unemployed low-income persons who are 55 years old or older. An SCSEP participant must meet the age and income criteria, which is 125% of the current poverty rate, to qualify for the program. The SCSEP program provides on-the-job training to qualifying seniors to assist in gaining marketable skills to re-enter the workforce and obtain unsubsidized employment. Currently there are five SCSEP Sub-Grantees and seven National Contractors who administer the SCSEP program in Illinois. The State Sub-Grantees enroll the SCSEP participants in Host Agency's (not-for-profit entities) for part-time (20 hours per week) job training at a minimum wage ($8.25 per hour).

 For more information or to locate a Senior Community Service Employment Program in your community, contact your local Area Agency on Aging.